Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. Born Cecil Schwabe in Hastings, Sussex, he began his theatrical career in London in 1922 after serving in World War I. He made his first film appearance in 1928 and subsequently became a familiar...
Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. Born Cecil Schwabe in Hastings, Sussex, he began his theatrical career in London in 1922 after serving in World War I. He made his first film appearance in 1928 and subsequently became a familiar...
Known For
The Lady Vanishes
as Eric Todhunter
The Ladykillers
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
Swiss Family Robinson
as Captain Moreland
Cast Credits
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sir John
The Magnificent Two
as Sir John
Circus of Fear
as Sir John
A Man Could Get Killed
as Sir Huntley Frazier
Lady L
as Sir Percy
A Study in Terror
as Prime Minister
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as The Mayor
Guns at Batasi
as Fletcher
The Comedy Man
as Thomas Rutherford
Carry On Jack
as First Sea Lord
The Iron Maiden
as Sir Giles Thompson
Heavens Above!
as Archdeacon Aspinall
The Amorous Prawn
as Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam
The Brain
as Stevenson
Petticoat Pirates
as C-in-C
On the Fiddle
as Group Capt. Bascombe
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
as Professor Canford
Swiss Family Robinson
as Captain Moreland
Under Ten Flags
as Colonel Howard
A French Mistress
as John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Inquiry Chairman
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
as Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
The Navy Lark
as Cmdr. Stanton
I Was Monty's Double
as Colonel E.F. Logan
Indiscreet
as Alfred Munson
Happy Is the Bride
as Arthur Royd
A Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis Lorry
The Admirable Crichton
as Lord Henry Loam
True as a Turtle
as Dudley Partridge